Illyria Items and Local Social Notes Focus on Community
Illyria items list visits and gatherings across Fayette and surrounding towns. People like Mary and Sapp Ogle, Fred Rothlisberger, and Celia Lehman attend parties and dinners. church and school events appear with the Highland program and Epworth League Halloween party. Multiple families host relatives in West Union, Volga, and Lisbon area. meetings include the Farm Bureau at Wilria church on November 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Richie
Charl Oelwein
Mary
Sapp Ogle
Raymond Bennet
James Hyde
Elkader
Cornranes
Fred Rothsberger
Walter Rothlisberger
Ida Mattocks
West Union
Vernie
Shirley Frieden
Floyd Frieden
Dora Lee Medberry
Myrtle Medberry
Charlton Looby
Russell Jennings
Wadena
Highland School
Anna Gibson
Fred Rothlisberger
Ruby Benson
Raymond Benson
Harold Glass
Myron Chapman
Cleve Bennett
Thos. Kerr
Epworth League
Hallowe’en
Boyle
Celia Andreae
Clara Mueh-renthaler
Ruth Rothlisberger
Jerome Yearous
Mervin
Edwin Loftsgard
Janice
Kenneth
Alton Medberry
Mamie Davis
Alpha
Harold Strong
Nellie Kimball
Roy Halverson
Harold Kimball
John Rothlisberger
Mary Nus
Arlington
Martin Halverson
Gun
Local Family Gatherings Note Birthday and Visits
An article records a series of Wednesday and Sunday visits and meals among local families. Events include Mrs. Mary Ogle staying with the Mushenthalers, Howard and Shirley Frieden with the Rothilsberger household, Ted Mebb with his family near West Union, a Donald Page home gathering, and a birthday tribute for Chas Yearous. Guests include the Yearous, Shaffer, Chapman, and Doty families and others from Fayette Arlington and Wa dens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Der
Mary Ogle
R. W. Mushlenthaler
Then
Howard
Shirley Frieden
Walter Rothilsberger
Orval Waltern
Fayette
Ted Mebb
West Union
Donald Page
Ed Klingman
Arthur Yearous
Andrew Yearous
Roselia Strong
Jim Yearous
Kathleen
Gerald. Shaffer
Forest Shaffer
Daline
Chas. Yearous
Arlington
Cha
Cheery Valley News Social Roundup at Local Homes
Mrs Pred Butikofer hospitalized at St Josephs in New Hampton after last Tuesday operation. Neighbors and relatives visit across farms and towns including the Lind, Christen, Knudtson, Mason, Butikofer, Dennier, Muehlenthaler, and Baumgartner households. A farewell for Sam Schneider plans army departure this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred Butikofer
St. Joseph’s Hospital
New Hampton
Martin Hanson
Robert
Marion Lind
Gander
Frank Christen
Orlin Mason
John Christen
O. T. Knudtson
Millville
Fred Butikofer
Mr. Butikofer
Ramon
Sam Schneider
Ernest Christen
Clara Muehrenthaler
Lucy Christen
Bernice Hutchins
Abney
Rose Mae
Will Jy. Muehlenthaler
Elkhart
Hen Dennler
Rose Dennler
Harry Butikofer
Des Moines
LaGrange
Ben Dennier
Jake Butikofer
John Friederich
Rob Lehman
John Dennier
Wm. Baumgartner
Oscar Baumgartner
Jake Dennier
John Dennler
Funeral and social notes from Brainard district
Attendees at the funeral of Mrs. E. B. Grimes in West Union included Sheldon Moats Francis Munger Chas Craft and several pairs of relatives. The Nuttings Patterson Lyon Craft Boyer and Mays households visited homes and hosted dinners across Brainard and Clermont as church and social events continued. Community members attended a Halloween party at the Don Cummings home and a BPU meeting at the Brainard church while others recovered at home or traveled to Rochester for clinic visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Grimes
West Union
Sheldon Moats
Francis Munger
Chas. Craft
5. S. Patterson
Frank Lyon
Wm. Nutting
Dan Craft
Herman Boyer
Glen Boyer
Win. Nutting and Sons
Hallowe'en
Don Cummings
Anna Appelman
Hazel
Lew Appelman
Hawkeye
and Craft
Anson Quackenbush
R. D. Reeder
Oscar Reeder
Brainard Church
Vern Boyer
Rochester
Minn
Community Guests and Visits Recap
Mr and Mrs Roland Gruver were supper guests in the Robert Kerr home. Mr and Mrs Herman Boyer visited the Wm Sullivan home. Rev and Mrs A E Burroughs of Fredericksburg and Genevieve Peters dined with Herman Boyer. Geraldine Platz of Cresco returned home after a week with Vern Boyer. Children attended an oyster supper at the Wm Nutting home. Mrs Glen Boyer called at the Wm Sullivan home and visited Fred Crow home Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jion
Roland Gruver
Robert” Kerr
Herman Boyer
Social visits and hospitality around Oak Grove
Mrs Elmer Nelson called at the Roy Leuchtenmacher home Friday. West Union visitors Mrs Wm Frederick and sons spent Saturday afternoon in the H B Gilson home. Mr and Mrs Robt D Wilson were dinner guests in the Clifton Wilson home. Mrs J Lane visited in Oska loosa with Herbert Ash. Mr and Mrs Harold Leuenberger visited in the Chas Montgomery home Oska loosa. Mrs Guy Whitford Volga visited sister H B Gilson Friday. Elmer Nelson and family guests in Clifton Powell home Sunday. Herbert Ash family guests in J F Lane home Sunday. Robt Wilson Jr dinner guest in Lyle Wilson home Elkader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Nelson
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Volga
H. B. Gilson
Clifton Powell
Herbert Ash
J. F. Lane
Robt. Wilson, Jr
Lyle Wilson
Elkader
Grand Meadow Social Roundup Keeps Local Ties Strong
Grand Meadow residents and families are noted visiting relatives and friends across nearby Decorah Ames and Des Moines. Apparent gatherings include Reinhart Groth Olson and Helgerson groups visiting, plus weekend stays with Olivia Olson and Walter Lundy. A birth at Gelwein hospital is also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew
Reinhart
Selmer Groth
Helen Groth
Harry
Decorah
Carolyn Erickson
Cedar Rapids
Veryl Andrew
Carl Smith
Ames
Grand Meadow
Dorf Opperud
Lavanda Olson
Des Moines
Fern Burass
Augusta Miller
Willard Martin
Ed Johnson
Sandra Olson
Olivia Olson
Walter Lundy
Dale
Waukon
Andrew Reinhart
Alvin Halverson
Ronald
Thelma Lyngans
Julia Landsgard
Doris Johnson
Gilbert Anderson
Arthur Olson
Robert Wharram
Gelwein Hospital
Birthday party and visits span West Union area
Gunder Nev-3 Norma Loftsgard helped with housework as families including Vern Hupfer C J Anderson and sons Myron Anderson E K Mark and Thelma attended a birthday party for Mrs Melvin Olson at her West Union home. Pete Opperud and son from Nora Springs visited Merrill Olson. Orvin Thompson joined Myron Anderson at Sunday gatherings. Edwin Loftsgard and Janice called at Martin Halver son home. Rae Mork infant daughter of Henry and Mrs Mork was baptized at Marion church with sponsors Kenneth Mork and Orvin Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Loftsgard
Vern Hupfer
C. J. Anderson
Myron Anderson
E.K. Mark
Thelma
Melvin Olson
West Union
Pete Opperud
Nora Springs
Merrill Olson
Orvin Thompson
Edwin Loftsgard
Janice
Martin Halverson
Ea ‘Rae Mork
Henry Mork
Marion
Kenneth Mork
Water from Jordan used to baptize Frevert children
In West Union on October 18 the Jordan River water used for baptisms for Dr. and Mrs. M. F. Frevert's two children. Rev. Sterling J. Baldwin collected the water during a Holy Land trip a decade ago in the echoes of wartime talk. Mark H. Morse, a 101 year old Civil War veteran from Monticello, sold wartime cannon relics to fund Red Cross salvage efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Palestine
M. F. Frevert
West Union
Red Cross
Priscilla and John Alden rehearse for Chicago party
Walter E. Olson, president of a rug firm in Chicago, awards employees 10,000 pounds of turkey at a Thanksgiving gathering. Lieutenant Walter Kappe, once in the German army and linked to 1930s Nazi activities in Chicago, figures in spy trial testimony with details of sabotage plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Priscilla
John Alden
Walter E. Olson
Thj
Walter Kappe
Kappe
Ernest Peter Burger
United States
Red Cross Seeks Volunteer Seamstresses in Town
Local Red Cross requests volunteers to sew for children and families. Mrs. W. C. Falk and Mrs. C. B. Schori are contacts for contributing time to make boys pajamas shirts and girls slips and blouses. Also urges purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
W. C. Falk
C. B. Schori
Can Now Investigate Stomach Interior at Iowa
The interior of the stomach can now be investigated at the University of Iowa by gastroscope, a flexible tube with 53 lenses and a light. Used with x ray, it helps determine stomach type, tumor, and gastritis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Foreclosure sale of 260 acre Chris Wenger farm Iowa
Ordered by the District Court of Iowa in Fayette County to sell the Chris Wenger farm in Illyria and Highland townships. Approximately 260 acres with buildings in fair shape. Interested parties write to Leon R. Layton Referee Union Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of Iowa
Fayette County
Chris Wenger
Illyria
Highland Townships
Leon R. Layton
Wrest Union
Iowa
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